Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of George III, Volume 1 |
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... House of Commons to that of his quitting it , the privileges of Parliament almost wholly precluded the possibility of regular and full accounts of debates being communicated to the public . At one period they were given under feigned ...
... House of Commons to that of his quitting it , the privileges of Parliament almost wholly precluded the possibility of regular and full accounts of debates being communicated to the public . At one period they were given under feigned ...
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... House of Commons , as now preserved , were avowedly the composition of Dr. Johnson , whose measured style , formal periods , balanced antitheses , and total want of pure racy English , betray their author at every line , while each ...
... House of Commons , as now preserved , were avowedly the composition of Dr. Johnson , whose measured style , formal periods , balanced antitheses , and total want of pure racy English , betray their author at every line , while each ...
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... House of Lords leaning upon his crutch , and speak- ing for ten minutes together in an under - tone of voice scarcely audible , but raising his notes to their full pitch when he broke out into one of his grand bursts of in- vective or ...
... House of Lords leaning upon his crutch , and speak- ing for ten minutes together in an under - tone of voice scarcely audible , but raising his notes to their full pitch when he broke out into one of his grand bursts of in- vective or ...
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... House of Commons he began a speech with the words " Sugar , Mr. Speaker , " and then , observing a smile to pervade the audience , he paused , looked fiercely around , and with a loud voice , rising in its notes and swelling into ...
... House of Commons he began a speech with the words " Sugar , Mr. Speaker , " and then , observing a smile to pervade the audience , he paused , looked fiercely around , and with a loud voice , rising in its notes and swelling into ...
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... - tion so important as this . " ( The Pretension of Privilege in the House of Commons ) - " A breach is made in the Constitution - the battlements are dismantled - the citadel is open to the first invader - the walls D 2 LORD CHATHAM . 35.
... - tion so important as this . " ( The Pretension of Privilege in the House of Commons ) - " A breach is made in the Constitution - the battlements are dismantled - the citadel is open to the first invader - the walls D 2 LORD CHATHAM . 35.
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